More than 100 people injured and at least 10 killed as firecrackers explode at warehouse in Thailand

People look at the aftermath of destroyed homes after an explosion ripped through a firework warehouse, killing nine people and injuring more than 100, in Sungai Kolok district in the southern Thai province of Narathiwat. - AFP

BANGKOK (Reuters): At least 10 people were killed and more than 100 others injured when firecrackers kept in a warehouse exploded in southern Thailand on Saturday night, officials said.

The firecrackers exploded and set off a fire at the unauthorised warehouse at the Muno market in Su-ngai Kolok district in the southern province of Narathiwat bordering Malaysia, Narathiwat's governor Sanan Phongaksorn told Reuters.